Well, it’s a Saturday afternoon. I finally got up around noon. Alice left
\nfor parts unknown shortly after that. The Wallaces are gone for the weekend,
\nso it’s just me, the cats, and the computer.<\/p>\n
And George Winston. I found a couple of hi CDs in the Wallaces’ collection.
\n I’ve heard bits and pieces of his stuff now and then but never seriously
\nlistened to any of it. Paul, after hearing me play, asked if I listened
\nto\/was influenced by George Winston. I suppose what I play is closer in
\ngenre to him than anyone else I know of, but to say I play like George
\nWinston would be quite arrogant indeed. I listened to _Autumn_ and am now on
\n_December_. I think the director used some of the stuff off of this one in
\nour production of _The Best Christmas Pageant Ever_. That was fun doing that
\nplay. I loved watching the teachers who accompanied the kids who came to see
\nit cry afterward.<\/p>\n
Some of this stuff is simple. I got out of bed this morning and sat down and
\nplayed the intro to _Autumn_. Or close to it. I’ll have to sit down the the
\nCD player and the keyboard and see if I can work it out. I gave up on “If
\nThese Walls Could Speak”. I think the batteries in my walkman are a little
\nweak, because the song sounds like it’s flat. I can’t play along with the
\ntape (since it sounds really aweful), and trying to transpose it isn’t
\nworking. Plus when someone’s singing, it’s hard to hear all the notes.<\/p>\n
Dick wrote me saying he plays along with the tape I made him sometimes. Till
\nhe falls asleep and the guitar falls out of his hands.<\/p>\n
I’ve also listened to Paul Simon _Negotiations and Love Songs 1971-1986_.
\n It’s got “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” on it. That’s the only one
\nI’d heard before other than “You Can Call Me Al”. I saw the video to that
\nback in the eighties sometime and thought it was hilarious. That was my
\nfirst exposure to Paul Simon except for maybe a thing on TV where he and
\nanother guy were singing into a microphone and my parents said, “Look, that’s
\nSimon and Garfunkel (Garfunkle?).”<\/p>\n
Now George Winston is playing his version of Pachelbel’s Kanon. I learned
\nthe first part of the the top part of it a while back. Steph learned the
\nbottom, and we’d play together till one of us messed up and didn’t know
\nanymore.<\/p>\n
I played all the “experts” at checkers and beat them all. So then I switched
\nto Gin and got beat soundly. Tried Poker and lost every cent… twice. I’m
\ntoo reckless. I guess I don’t bluff well. Maybe I should try playing more
\nunpredictably. Although the computer probably wouldn’t care. I ought to do
\nsome reading.<\/p>\n
Hmm.. he must have done a couple of tracks to this part. I don’t think one
\nperson could handle it. Some heavy metal guitar players just record layer on
\nlayer of guitar riffs and stick it all together. So it sounds like they’re
\ntearing up their ax when all it’s really is just a bunch of tracks all at the
\nsame time.<\/p>\n
Oh, now this has a neat bass hand part. I’ll have to see if I can get it
\nsometime.<\/p>\n
I wonder what George Winston’s concerts are like. Probably all different. I
\nbet he improvises a bunch.<\/p>\n
He doesn’t change chords much. I change chords all the time. Guess I get
\ntoo bored with one.<\/p>\n
I’ve decided I don’t really like heavy metal. I like King’s X, but they’re
\natypical. Too distinctive a sound.<\/p>\n
Maybe I’ll go back to bed. I should exercise, but my motivation level is at
\nabout zip. Joanne Wallace started training for a marathon one year never
\nhaving ran a mile before. She trained and ran the marathon the next year.
\n Doug said he’d drop her off and she’d run 10 or 15 miles. Then he’d come
\nback and pick her up. I can’t really imagine that. I hate running. I mean,
\nfor short distances it’s great, or while playing sports. But just running
\nfor the sake of making one’s lungs and knees as uncomfortable as possible….
\n Walking is good though. I can handle that. Hiking works. Or biking. As
\nlong as it’s not all uphill.<\/p>\n
Well, the CD is over. I love the way he ends without resolving the piece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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